Charcter And Gamble Chapter 18 Summary

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Chapter 18 continues with the creation of the Directory by the committee of public safety. Before the the directory’s creation France was going through a time of great inflation and Robespierre’s Terror. In 1795 the National Convention wrote a new constitution and ended the Terror. The new constitution gave the people several rights including suffrage and also set up an indirect election that chose the legislative bodies who in which chose five individuals to be directors. The Directory inevitably did not help France with inflation and caused more corruption within the government. While this was happening a military general, Napoleon Bonaparte, was gaining rank. While gaining power Bonaparte planned a coup d’ tat to get rid of the directory